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True accountability is based on the realization that we all have free‐will choice. By the way, if you think that free will is an illusion and that it does not exist, you are free to hold that belief! For the rest of us who think that we actually do have choices in life, this realization is earth‐shattering. If we believe that we “have to” do things, those things naturally become a burden. When we “have to” do something, we feel trapped, coerced into doing things that others want us to do. Life lived with a have‐to mindset can begin to feel like a prison.

As soon as we realize that everything is a choice, the prison walls disappear. When we choose to do something rather than have to, we have a greater sense of personal control and freedom. Obviously, consequences come with every choice. When you take an action (or avoid taking one), you are also choosing the consequences of that action. It's not that consequences are not a part of accountability, it's just that if you are accountable, you see them differently. You realize that you choose your consequences in life.